hoffeditz



@1mm tetes @anni @ffire...

`IMPROV`MENT IN MODE 4OP ATTAGEJN G GLTIVATOR TEBTH.

ALL IT MAY GONCERN: V Be it known that I, J. C. HOFFEDITZ, of `lldercers'burg,'in the county of,Franklin,v and State oi Pennsylvania, haveinvented a. new and improved Oultivator'looth; and I do h'ereby declare the following to bea full, clear,

`a.nd emot description of the seme-,suicient to enable ene skilled in the art to which the invention appert'ains' l to ineke use of Ait, referencefbeing had tof the :iccompenying drawings, which form a. part of this specicetion, and in which my invention is represented by a. rear, and side-elevation.- Tho standard is pivoted4 in the hanger by a. bolt, and 'is restrainedfrom vibration by a. wooden pin, which breaks whew-the shnreoomes in collisionv with :in immovable obstacle, the` standard being replaced in 'position lafter passing the obstacle, and a, new

pin inserted.

-lIn the dnmvingzs` A is a benmvor portion of the frame `of a cultivntor-Vand B is ai hanger aittlgched theretoby boltlsgC'iethe standard, which is pivotedvbyH the bolt c to the hangen; D is the share.' At-theforward upper -end'of the standard is a second hole," which oorrespondswithothers inthe two flanges of 4the hanger, between which thestandard'is secured. v.Ai wooden spin, m, ocenpies these holes, and is/the vmeans forrestrining the Avibration of the eultivatoxj standard'as long as it remains intact but lwhen a. heavy strain comes -upon the share,

the wooden pin is broken and the' standard is vibrated 'backwnijdly,preventing damage -Ito `:my other portion of the machine. As soon as the obstruction is' passed, they standard is replaced in its normal position andV nother wooden pin inserted in the place of the broken one..l The-object of the devicel is to prevent''injury to the machine by ,collision with unyielding obsmcles.

Y' Haiving described my invention, .what elim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Paltent, ies--A y The arrangement of ythe cultivator standerd'O'fhengn B, nd wooden pin c, as described and represented. l J. C. HOFFEDITZ.

Witnesses.:

H. N."EnnLY, J. EBEBLL 

